[michaelteter]

> Belief in containable backdoors is the height of naivety

What if it is acceptable for potential enemies to (eventually) also have access to that backdoor, and your goal in providing the backdoor is just to give the masses a false belief that they can communicate secretly?

Obviously those in the know would not use the flawed system, but instead would have a similar/better one without the intentional flaws.

[nonrandomstring]

> Obviously those in the know would not use the flawed system

Perhaps the clearest argument against such a ploy is the TETRA radio system. Turns out in this case that "the masses" are our:

- police and emergency services

- military and civil defence forces

- diplomatic and political security, escorts, attaches and close security

You see the problem is this concept of "in the know". It's an insoluble information-hazard and boundary problem;

Two people can keep a secret, if one of them is dead.